Season 4
40 episodes · Sep 7, 1957
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- S4E1
The Runaway
Sep 8, 1957Lassie discovers a small, waiflike boy hiding in the barn, but the child won't talk. The Millers soon find out he's Timmy, an orphan living in Olive Branch with his elderly relatives, Uncle Jed and Aunt Abby Clausen. (Some type of accident killed Timmy's parents.)
- S4E2
The Suit
Sep 15, 1957Timmy is so excited about his new suit that Ellen allows him to wear it until Jeff gets home, but when he tears it, afraid they will send him back to his aunt and uncle, Timmy lies and lays the blame on Lassie. To make him confess, Ellen makes him decide Lassie's punishment.
- S4E3
Graduation
Sep 22, 1957Jeff is thrilled to accept a summer job at Doc Weaver's office, but when he neglects his duty for a few minutes, a potentially rabid dog is let loose
- S4E4
The Burro
Sep 29, 1957When Timmy and Lassie find a sick burro, abandoned by neglectful but well-meaning owners, everyone thinks Timmy's exaggerating until Ellen finds the creature. Timmy's faith and the family's nursing save the burro, but then her owners come return.
- S4E5
The Berry Pickers
Oct 6, 1957With Jeff at the dentist, Timmy and Gramps go out to pick huckleberries for pies for the church supper. Timmy thinks Gramps is ill when he naps after berrying, but it's Timmy who must be rescued after eating nightshade berries.
- S4E6
The Raccoon
Oct 13, 1957Timmy and Jeff nurse an injured raccoon against protests from Gramps--and ""Sam"" repays them by wreaking havoc in kitchen, barn, and chicken coop. Released to the wild, he returns to begin stealing things from the house.
- S4E7
The Ballerina
Oct 20, 1957Jeff tries every way he can to avoid meeting Debbie, the daughter of Ellen's visiting college roommate Lucy Hopkins--until he sees her dance and is smitten. But when Porky lampoons her dancing, Debbie tells both boys off.
- S4E8
The Elephant
Oct 27, 1957Jeff and Timmy saw a huge elephant. Ellen & Gramps doesn't want it as an 2nd Pet for Lassie. They decided to keep it until the animal control person comes by and wanted to get rid of the elephant.
- S4E14
Timmy's Family
Dec 8, 1957Timmy believes he and Lassie are unloved and unwanted by the Martins, and sends Lassie to the Millers in Capitol City. Ellen Miller, knowing that Timmy is mistaken, returns to the farm to reunite Timmy with his loving adoptive parents.
- S4E15
The Bike
Dec 15, 1957Timmy borrows a bike to learn to ride, but when the bike is stolen, he must replace the stolen one with his new bicycle. The situation is resolved when Lassie plays detective to hunt down the bike thief.
- S4E18
The Crisis
Jan 5, 1958Paul, Timmy, and Lassie are stranded on a deserted road when Paul realizes Timmy is becoming seriously ill. Lassie must risk her life to bring help to the sick child.
- S4E19
The Business
Jan 12, 1958When Timmy and Scott launch a bait-worm selling business, their only potential customer refuses to buy anything. He changes his mind, however, when Lassie saves him from drowning.
- S4E20
The Ring
Jan 19, 1958Timmy believes one of Uncle Petrie's tall tales and is hurt to discover he has been lied to. A gift of a friendship ring, crafted by Uncle Petrie himself, mends their relationship.
- S4E23
The Pony
Feb 9, 1958Timmy comes running home with a story about a rabbit-sized pony--but no one believes him.
- S4E24
Sinbad
Feb 16, 1958To replace Uncle Petrie broken guitar Timmy enters a borrowed parrot in a contest to win the prize of a new guitar.
- S4E25
The Square Dance
Feb 23, 1958Timmy refuses to attend the Grange Square Dance out of fear that he will have to dance with a girl. After Uncle Petrie reassures him this will not happen, he relents. To everyone's surprise, a fire disrupts the children's dance and Lassie must save the day.
- S4E26
The Garden
Mar 3, 1958A drought is hitting the area pretty hard, and Timmy desperately attempts to keep his own small garden from perishing.
- S4E27
Concussion
Mar 9, 1958When Timmy insists on going to a blasting site despite Lassie's protests, she is struck on the head by a dynamite-propelled rock and appears to not know who she is. Then she wanders away from the farm.
- S4E28
The Hungry Deer
Mar 16, 1958Members of the community band together to hunt down deer driven to eat their crops, but Timmy and Scott fight to do something that doesn't involve killing them.
- S4E29
The Hospital
Mar 23, 1958Timmy is stricken with severe stomach cramps and keeps calling out for Lassie.
- S4E30
The Penguin
Mar 30, 1958A crate holding a penguin enroute to the Capitol City zoo falls off its truck, and Timmy and Scott adopt the creature
- S4E32
Seeing Eye Dog
Apr 13, 1958When Lassie finds an injured seeing-eye dog, the family searches in vain for the dog's owner. The situation appears hopeless until Lassie leads them to the dog's missing collar, and a telephone call to Capitol City Hospital reunites dog and owner.
- S4E33
Junior Firemen
Apr 20, 1958Timmy becomes overzealous in his efforts to spot fire hazards to win a contest.
- S4E34
The Blanket
Apr 27, 1958Ruth tries to replace Lassie's disreputable old blanket with a new one, but Lassie will have none of it.
- S4E36
The Cub Scout
May 11, 1958Scott's city cousins make fun of Timmy and Scott's interest in the Cub Scouts
- S4E37
The Crow
May 18, 1958Timmy's ""patient,"" an injured crow he names ""Peck,"" recovers to become a farm pest.
- S4E39
The House Guest
Jun 1, 1958Timmy becomes annoyed with a house guest of Ruth when all she can talk about is all the finer things Ruth is missing by living on a farm.
- S4E40
The Sermon
Jun 8, 1958Inspired by Uncle Petrie's tale of a boy who talks to the animals, Timmy sets out to befriend animals himself. But he helps some people along the way and it is their friendship and kindness that save Lassie from a precarious situation.